Why do some sexual assault cases end with sentences that seem so small compared with the harm survivors describe? Through the cases of Brock Turner, Candon Dahle and Jesse Mack Butler, we look at plea deals, youthful-offender laws, trauma research and the uncomfortable question of whose future gets protected when a court decides what justice looks like.
Florida State law professor Dan Markel was shot in his garage in July 2014, in the middle of a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife. What followed was an eleven-year investigation involving hired killers, a trail of payments, an FBI sting and a family whose private conversations became crucial evidence. Here’s how investigators connected the people convicted in his murder, and why questions about the case remain.
When Ashley Flynn was shot and killed inside her Ohio home, her husband, Caleb Flynn, told police an intruder had broken in while their daughters slept down the hall. Then investigators discovered his secret relationship with another woman, more than 100,000 messages, a missing gun, deleted data and device activity that raised questions about his account of that night. In September 2026, a jury found Caleb guilty of murdering his wife. But even after the verdict, parts of the investigation still leave questions.
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